Free Schools in the media

The first stage of building work for Armfield Academy has now been completed by Conlon Construction and the school will be ready for opening on Monday. The school will be in the now refurbished former building of Anorld School, which will include a drama studio, classrooms and kitchen. The buildings on the north side of the school remain on target to be finished next year. Mr Conlon described the facilities as ‘cutting edge’. Once the school reaches full capacity they hope to teach 1,280 school between the ages of 2 to 16.

As students across the country receive their GCSE results, we'll be updating this page to celebrate free school success.

Last year, King's Maths School placed top of the Times league table after securing the best A level results in the country. This year, another cohort of students have achieved exceptional results, with 58% A* grades, 88% A*-A grades and 95% A*-B grades. Students also celebrated stunning results in maths and further maths, with 95% A*-A grades.

Free Schools in the media

Multi-million pounds plans to build two new free schools in Bolton have been revealed to meet an ‘urgent need’ for school places. The plans are for a 900-place secondary school and a 420-place primary school. The Great Lever Primary School would be opened by Vantage Academy Trust, which governs the outstanding SS Simon and Jude’s School in Great Lever. The secondary school would be sponsored by King’s Leadership Academy in Warrington.

September 2018 will see the opening of 53 new free schools across England. NSN profiles five schools to illustrate that no school is alike, with each offering a unique opportunity for its local community and for national education as a whole.

Free Schools in the media

An innovative European school in Culham has celebrated fantastic results. Students at the Europa School recorded an average of 81.8% in their European Baccalaureate exams. The qualification involves students studying between 10 and 14 subjects and to be fully bilingual in two languages. It is only offered at accredited ‘European schools’. There are only 14 of these school across Europe and Europa is the first one in the UK.